Congress 116 - HR 6213 - No Cost for COVID–19 Testing Act

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Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee benefits and pensions Health Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical tests and diagnostic methods

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No Cost for COVID–19 Testing Act

This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover testing for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) without imposing cost sharing for the duration of the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020. This includes the cost of administering such approved tests and visits to health care providers for testing.

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Mar 11, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 11, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 11, 2020

Introduced in House

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